All Speakers
Marcela FERNANDEZ
Founder
Glacier Nation
Colombian environmental activist and the founder of Cumbres Blancas, an NGO focused on raising awareness about the rapid disappearance of tropical glaciers. Learning that these are the first to...
Xiangying SHI
Executive Director
Shan Shui Conservation Center
Xiangying Shi, executive director of Shan Shui Conservation Center, PhD of Environmental Science at Peking University. She is the chairperson of Shan Shui Foundation. She has been engaged in...
Rebecca STERN
Chief Science Officer
Dunya Analytics
Rebecca Stern is a forest ecologist with a decade of experience in nature and climate change research and application. She has expertise in quantifying corporate nature risk in line with global...
Florence LAVISSIERE
Responsable Programme Ecosystèmes
Comité français UICN
Florence Lavissière holds a PhD in Biology of Animal Behaviour. After 9 years at the French National Health Security Agency (Anses), she became head of the Biodiversity Protection Unit at the General...
Youness OUAZRI
Mr
Ecodome Maroc
Youness OUAZRI is a passionate earthen construction engineer with a background in civil engineering. He graduated in 2015 from Ecole Hassania des Travaux Publics and worked for two years at a...
Chandni NAVALKHA
Director, Conservation and Stewardship
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Chandni Navalkha is Director of Conservation and Stewardship at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, where she leads initiatives that advance and accelerate the...
Alison ORMSBY
Associate Director of Design, Forest Specialist
Adventure Scientists
Alison Ormsby has a PhD in Environmental Studies and was a professor of Environmental Studies for 20 years. Dr. Ormsby has taught human ecology and policy courses and published about topics that...
Bruno Smets
Lead Natural Capital Accounting/Biodiversity
VITO
Bruno Smets is a senior environmental informatics specialised in spatiotemporal analysisof ecosystems at VITO. He is leading the Natural Capital Accounting and Biodiversity teamand shares this...
Peregrine WOLFF
PRAB member, WSF / Executive Manager, WDA
Wildlife Disease Association
Peregrine is the Executive Manager of the Wildlife Disease Association. A graduate from Cornell University, she has devoted her 40-year veterinary career to working in wildlife health, with...
YUSUKE SAITO
Deputy Director
Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Deputy Director, Biodiversity Strategy Office, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Hana MATSUZAKI
Hana Matsuzaki has joined IUCN Protected and Conserved Areas team after seven years' experience as an officer in the nature conservation sector at the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. Among her...
Stefania PETROSILLO
Expert
IUCN WCPA TBCSG
Senior expert in: - Natural Protected Areas - international and cross-border cooperation on protection of nature and culture heritage and sustainable development - community participatory management...
Loredana Rita SCUTO
Senior Programme Officer - Urban
IUCN
Loredana Scuto serves as Senior Programme Officer - Urban at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), where she supports the development of IUCN knowledge products, such as the IUCN...
Charlotte SMITH
Conservation Education Director
Chester Zoo (North of England Zoological Society)
Charlotte has extensive experience in conservation and nature based education, behaviour change and community engagement. As Director of Conservation Education she is responsible for the Chester Zoo'...
Jie FENG
Shan Shui Conservation Center
Feng Jie is the project director and assistant researcher of the Shanshui Nature Conservation Center in Haidian District, Beijing. He is also a special researcher at the Sichuan Academy of Social...
Tammy DAVIES
BirdLife International
Dr Tammy Davies is the Marine Science Coordinator at BirdLife International - a global Partnership of over 120 national conservation organisations. Tammy oversees the science work that underpins...
John PEREIRA
Head of Operations - RER
APRIL
John Pereira has over 20 years of international experience in environmental management, ecology, and operational leadership within conservation. As acting Head of Operations for Restorasi Ekosistem...
Chetan KUMAR
Global Head
IUCN Secretariat
Chetan brings in a strong track record of conducting and managing interdisciplinary research programs on environment and development issues. His work has mainly focussed on better understanding and...
Ilysa IGLESIAS
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
As an ocean scientist, I am deeply interested in the ecological connections between ocean twilight zone communities and the broader ocean ecosystem. My current research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at...
Aisha AL MIDFA
Wasit Wetland Center Manager
ENVIRONMENT AND PROTECTED AREAS AUTHORITY
Aisha Al Midfa :AN Environmental Reserve Manager with 10 years of experience in taking care of wetland caring and running out the educational Center, Her job includes conducting scientific surveys;...
Jorge Liber Saltijeral Giles
Asesor
Secretaría del Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de la Ciudad de México
Jorge Liber Saltijeral is a biologist. He currently serves as an advisor at the Ministry of the Environment of Mexico City, where he coordinates the Environmental Information System and contributes...
Anna-Julia MCVEIGH
Head of Strategic Engagement
Nature Positive Initiative
Anna-Julia is a passionate advocate for climate and nature within business and NGO settings. Her mixed heritage from Brazil and the UK are ever present in her interactions, both personal and...
Eman SABBAGH
Senior Specialist in Marine and Coastal Conservation
Nationl Center for Wildlife (NCW)
Dr. Eman Sabbagh is a marine scientist with experience in marine ecology, conservation, and environmental management in the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf. She specializes in seagrass ecology, coral...
TORU SASAKI
Global Head, Senior Director, Sustainability
AZBIL CORPORATION
Mr. Sasaki graduated from the Keio University, majoring in International Trade and Country Risk Assessment. He began his career at Fuji Bank (presently known as Mizuho Bank) for a decade where he...
nathalie MORATA
Head of European and international coordination department
Fondation pour la Recherche sur la Biodiversité
Oceanographer by training, I'm interested in strengthening the link between science, society and politics, particularly through the valorization of research, scientific communication, citizen science...
Amy COLES
Media and Communications Officer
IUCN
Anssi MIKOLA
CEO
Riverrecycle Oy
With over 30 years of entrepreneurial experience and a background in engineering, Anssi Mikola has emerged as a pioneer in turning waste management into a circular economy opportunity in emerging...
Justin GULINO
Conservation Associate
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators
I am a PhD student in Ecology and Biodiversity at the Victoria University of Wellington. I am studying how Wellington has reversed avian biodiversity loss across the city and how this may be...